The 2019 general election will be held on Tuesday November 5, 2019. All 140 members of the Virginia General Assembly (House of Delegates and State Senate) will be up for reelection. Locally will see the election of three members of Charlottesville City Council and three members of the Albemarle CountyBoard of Supervisors

City of Charlottesville

Each Virginia city has an elected city council, which exercises legislative powers, enacting ordinances and adopting an annual budget. Charlottesville's mayor is elected by the city council members.

General election will include: City Council (3 seats), City School Board (4 seats), Soil & Water Conservation District Director and the Clerk of Court.

City Council

There are three seats open on the Charlottesville City Council. The first terms of Councilor Wes Bellamy and Mike Signer are up, as well as the second term of Kathy Galvin. None so far have announced whether they will seek reelection.

The Democratic primary is on June 11, 2019. Housing activist Michael Payne announced his candidacy on January 8, 2019. Don Gathers was scheduled to announce on the same Progressives for Cville ticket, but has had to delay to health issues. [8]

City resident and Democrat Sena Magill made her announcement on January 9, 2019. [9]

On Thursday, January 10, 2019, Snook announces his council bid and joined "a quickly growing field of candidates for three seats on Charlottesville City Council". [10]

Brian Pinkston, a project manager at the University of Virginia, will also run as a Democrat. [11]

Charlottesville's Clerk of the Circuit Court

The Office of Clerk of the Circuit Court is an elected office serving an 8-year term.
Incumbent Llezelle Dugger is seeking re-election. [6]

Virginia General Assembly

House of Delegates

The Virginia House of Delegates is one of two parts in the Virginia General Assembly, the other being the Senate of Virginia. It has 100 members elected for terms of two years.

57th District

Representing Charlottesville and part of Albemarle County, incumbent Democrat David Toscano is serving his seventh term in the Virginia General Assembly. From November 2011 through December 2018, Toscano served as House Democratic Leader.

He will be challenged in the Democratic primary by Sally Hudson, a professor at the University of Virginia. [6]

58th District

Representing Greene County and parts of Albemarle, Fluvanna, and Rockingham counties, incumbent Republican Bob Bell was elected to the chamber in 2001 and was re-elected to a new term in 2017. He is seeking re-election. [6]

25th District

Del. R. Steven Landes, R-Weyers Cave, chairman of the House Education Committee, will make an announcement in February after the General Assembly session. Landes has been in office for more than 22 years representing the 25th District, which covers parts of Albemarle, Augusta and Rockingham counties.

State Senate

25th District

Sen. R. Creigh Deeds, D-Bath, plans to seek re-election to the 25th District seat, which covers part of Albemarle County, all of Charlottesville, Buena Vista, Covington and Lexington, and all of Alleghany, Bath, Nelson, Highland and Rockbridge counties. He has served since 2001 and no candidates have emerged to challenge him. [6]

17th District

In the 17th District, Sen. Bryce Reeves, R-Spotsylvania, who is in his second term, will seek re-election. He is chairman of the Senate Rehabilitation and Social Services committee. Rich Breeden of Spotsylvania, vice president of Kingfisher Systems Inc., has announced plans to seek the Republican nomination for Reeves’ seat. [6]